The Roads Department of the Georgian Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure has finalized work on a 15.5-kilometer section (Gurjaani Bypass) along the Bakurtsikhe-Telavi-Akhmeta Highway. Regular traffic will commence today.

Gurjaani Bypass connects the domestic Bakurtsikhe-Telavi-Akhmeta Highway to the international Tbilisi-Bakurtsikhe-Lagodekhi Highway. This new road will enable vehicles on the road between Gurjaani and Bakurtsikhe to avoid passing through Gurjaani and 6 villages of Gurjaani Municipality: Bakurtsikhe, Kolagi, Dzirkoki, Chandari, Vejini, and Chumlaki. Instead, traffic, previously moving through Gurjaani, will move down Gurjaani Bypass, a crucially important environmental and road safety factor for the local population. The new road also reduces travel time by half.

The Gurjaani Bypass project was implemented with support from the World Bank. Its value made up GEL 38 million.